eksctl update cluster to create the cluster automatically if not created

[neelakansha85]

Why do you want this feature?
It would be nice if eksctl update cluster -f <path-to-config-file> can automatically create the cluster if it is not created earlier. It does already thrown an error currently and knows that there is not cluster present with the given name. It helps with automation scripts used to create/manage the cluster config.

This behavior is similar to many other tools such as kubectl when trying to apply certain changes to the config files.

What feature/behavior/change do you want?
Changing default behavior of eksctl update to create the cluster if not present. If for some reason everyone doesn't feel like making this as a default behavior for update atleast enabling an optional parameter such as --force or --create-if-not-present or something similar should be helpful.

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[neelakansha85]

Seems like there is another open ticket covering this issue #19

[michaelbeaumont]

Falls under #2774